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Residents of the Paisley section of Lake County are proud of the fact that Walt Disney's maternal grandparents were among the pioneer residents of the community and that Walt's parents were married there a few months after Lake County was created by the Legislature.The maternal grandparents were Charles and Henrietta Call, who were living in Greenfield Township, Huron County, Ohio, in the 1860s. They moved to Ellis, Kan., in 1879, but after five years fled to Central Florida to escape the harsh winters.

UMATILLA -- A Paisley man was killed Wednesday morning when his vehicle veered off County Road 439 near Umatilla. Howard McGuire Jr., 74, was driving north on C.R. 439 at 10 a.m. when, just before the intersection with C.R. 42, his Plymouth Voyager drifted off the road, down a slight embankment and into a small group of trees, according to Trooper Kim Miller of the Florida Highway Patrol. McGuire was transported to Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares, where he was pronounced dead. He was not wearing a seat belt, Miller said.

ASTOR -- Flu shots will be offered in northeast Lake County on Monday. The Health Department and Lake-Sumter EMS will administer shots at the Astor Library on Alco Road from 9 a.m. to noon and at the Paisley Community Center on County Road 42 from 1:45 to 3:45 p.m. The flu shots cost $25. Pneumonia shots are also available for $40. Both shots are free with a valid Medicare Part B card.

MRS. SCHISLER, Avenue C, Paisley, died Wednesday, June 29. She was a homemaker. Born in Danville, Ind., she moved to Central Florida in 1968. She was a member of the Orlando Christian Center, where she was active with the choir. Survivors: husband, Charles W.; son, Wesley Bryant Lutes, Wasilla, Alaska; daughter, Joyce Marie Mowery, Williamsburg, Va.; nine grandchildren. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Forest City.In Tavares, collection of trash and recyclable items will be made on Tuesday and Wednesday.

PAISLEY - For many, the name Grace C. Parker first generates a smile, then countless personal stories about her good deeds that span decades and are a testament to her character.The rich, full life of one of the area's most beloved and respected citizens ended Thursday at the age of 99.``She was a good mother and friend, who showed care and concern for anybody in the community,'' said Jack Parker, her son. ``She was always willing to help in any way.''Even in her later years, Parker said, his mother had a reputation for taking charge and getting things done - primarily in the interest of civic and humanitarian goals.

Eleven-year-old Laura Brooks wishes she and her friends had a park to play at in this small north Lake community.''Our fondest dreams are to have a place where we could go and have fun,'' Laura, a fifth-grade student at Spring Creek Elementary School, wrote in a letter supporting a proposal for a park in Paisley.''If we had that park, we could make new friends, play sports and have a lot of fun,'' Laura said. ''Even though we are in the fifth grade, we still love to have fun at a park.''Laura and her friends are getting their wish: County government bought land Friday to build Paisley's first park.

A Lake County deputy sheriff was hurt in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday, authorities said. Deputy John Caston, who was on duty, suffered lacerations to his head and arms. He was treated at Florida Hospital DeLand and released. Caston reported the crash at Lake Street and Bougainvillea Avenue in Paisley at 2:17 a.m. Deputies said a woman told them her boyfriend, Arturo Zapata, was driving the vehicle that hit the officer, and that he ran because he was scared. Bloodhounds tracked down Zapata and he was taken into custody.

Lake deputy sheriffs have arrested a 45-year-old Paisley man on charges of raping an 11-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl several times.Lake County deputies on Friday arrested Gerald Dwayne Seitz and charged him with sexual battery.Seitz was arrested after the younger girl told deputies he raped her five times between Jan. 6 and Feb. 11, sheriff's investigator Vaneese Schreiber said.The older girl told authorities that Seitz began to sexually abuse her last June and continued to do so two to three times a month since then, Schreiber said.

The state Division of Forestry on Monday presented Lake County fire officials $2,417 to buy firefighting equipment for the Paisley area.The money, to be matched by the county, comes through a federal program to help improve rural fire protection, said Lake County Forest Supervisor Bob Duty.The Division of Forestry receives about $68,000 every year to distribute to rural firefighting agencies in Florida's 67 counties, Duty said. About $4,000 of that comes to Lake County and is used to buy items ranging from radios to water tanks.

Paisley Fun Day is set for Saturday at the clubhouse, County Road 42, Paisley. Activities will include a cake walk, crafts and baked goods sale, a plant sale and a flea market. Spaghetti dinners will be available from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $4.50 for adults and $3 for children. The community is invited.Members of the East Lake County 4-H will have a fund-raising car wash.CLASSIC FILMTWO FOR The Road, starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney, will be Wednesday's 7 p.m. classic film presentation at the W.T. Bland Public Library, 1995 N. Donnelly St., Mount Dora.